Triple supporter and adjuster for garments.



PATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

H. E. GRBBNBR.

TRIPLE sUPPoRTBR AND ADJUSTBR PoR GARMBNTS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 26 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 14, 1903.

PATENT OEEICE.

HENRY ERNEST GREBNER, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,388, dated July 14, 1903. Application iled December 26,1902. Serial No. 136,572. (No model.)

To all whom, it Wttty concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ERNEST Gans NER, acitizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Triple Supporters and Adjusters for Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices employed to suspend garments from the waist of a person; and it comprises a plate, preferably of aluminium or other suitable liexible material having triple sets of retracted supporting-prongs, protecting-guards, and sustaining-clips, all integral with said plate and which I term a triple supporter and adjuster for garments.7

The objects of my improved invention are, first, to provide means whereby the underskirts may be suspended and the` overdress supported each independently of the others; second, means to conline the shirt or dress waist smoothly down to the heading or waistband of the overdress; third, to provide an improved device which may be Worn without the necessity of a belt, and, fourth, the provision of a device which may be entirely concealed when on the person, and in other essentials hereinafter enumerated, and especially designated in the claims.

A more specic description of the remaining features of my invention, obviously for female apparel, will be obtained through reference to the drawings forming part of this specification, wherein'- A Figure Vl is an elevation of the outward side of my improved device. Eig. 2 exhibits the inner side of thesame.- Fig. 3 designates the blank after dieingv and previous to being struck up.7 Fig. 4 denotes a vertical transverse section of the formed plate on dashed line 4 4 of Fig. l; and Fig. 5, a View exhibiting the adjustment of the dress-waist, the support of the overdress, and the suspension of the underskirts without a visible or outer belt. Fig. 6 exhibits a view in perspective of the features shown in Eig. 5.

Corresponding letters of reference designate similar parts throughout the several figures of the drawings, referring to which- A denotes the plate,of thin and light-weight material, having transverse slots B B at each end thereof, through which a tape or cord is rove and by which it is confined to the person. The position of the tape is shown in dotted lines, Fig. l.

C C indicate the upper trisulcate members, of which there are two pairs, adjacent tothe outer ends of the plate and are designed to support the overdress, the twelve prongs collectively piercingthe heading. In the arrangement of said members suflieient space interveues between each setto obviate disjunction of the fabric, as frequently occurs Where the edges of similar devices are wholly serrated. This is an important feature of my improvement, as thereby the integrity of the fabrics is preserved.

Apairof members having quintuple prongs for suspension of the underskirts or petticoats are shown at D D'and are preferably located between the members C Cto distribute the weight ofthe garments on the plate. Each set of said prongs C and D project outward and upward or away from the center of the plate, the former to serve the purpose of support for the overdress and the latter to uphold the underskirts, as previously described.

E E are the retracted clips projecting near the upper edge and contiguous to the center of the plate, and F is a similar clip centrally at the lower edge of the same. Said clips collectively, together with the openings B B, receive the tape, or in the employment of a cord the clips E E', in connection with the slots B B, sufficiently support the plate. Said cord or tape, however, does not militate against the employment of a belt should it be desired to make such addition.

The inner side of the plate A', near its upper edge, is also provided with similar members G G, having quadruple prongs and which project downward or toward the center of the plate. Said prongs may be of diminished proportion, as they are designed to smoothly connue the dress or shirt-waist, usually of thinner material and lighter weight than the lower garments. Intermediate with said prongs are the guards H H, retracted in the same manner as are the clips E E. In the arrangement of this device the edges of IOO said guards are in alinement with the base of the prongs or may be intermediate between the base and the points. Their office is to limit the entrance of said prongs too far into the fabric, and thus to prevent severance and injury to the goods.

In the practical adaptation of my improved invention the device is secured in proper position by a tape or its equivalent about the waist, as observed in Fig. 6, the members Gr G and H II uppermost and adjacent tothe shirt- Waist, said members G G adhering to and holding said garment smoothly down. The underskirts are then suspended from the members D D, While the outer garment is supported by the members C C in an independent manner. By this arrangement the Weight of the combined skirts is distributed about the plate and the Waistbands Without contining the Weight to narrow limits, which is a detriment to the dress and which Will,througl1 frequent application of the class ot dresssupporters provided with continued serrations, shortly sever the band or heading from the skirt or dress.

I am aware that similar devices for the sup-l port of garments having projecting spurs or teeth upon opposite edges of a plate are old, as also inwardly-projecting teeth upon opposite edges, together with means for the support and concealment of a plate through the addition of a belt. I therefore do not, broadly, claim such features as pertaining to my invention. So far as my knowledge extends, however. I am unaware of any device for the purposes herein set forth that accomplishes a triple eiectin the arrangement of the aforesaid garments to the preservation rather than the detriment of the goods, or guards to limit the penetration of the adhering series of members. I therefore consider said features as new, and while I have illustrated the preferred construction I desire not to be confined to the literal interpretation herein dened, but may employ such equivalents therefor as will come within the fair scope and spirit of my in vention,iwhich, having thus described, I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, and

I claiml. A garment-supporter and adjuster composed of a single plate having one side thereof provided With a series of trisulcate members adapted to pierce the heading to support the overdress, a pair of members having quintuple prongs arranged to suspend the underskirts, and means intervening said series for the support of the plate and its attachment t0 the body, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2, A garment supporter and Waist-adjuster comprising a flexible plate having on one side thereof trisulcate members provided with quadruple prongs arranged to secure the dress-Waist smoothly downward, a series of guards reiiexed and alternately arranged With said prongs to limit their perforation so as to prevent disjunction of the fabric, and means contiguous to the ends of said plate for its attachment to the person as set forth.

Signed at Boston, Massachusetts, this 20th day of December, 1902.

HENRY ERNEST GREBNER.

Witnesses: W. P. FOSTER,

RICHARD GALvEnT. 

